“Do you hear what I hear?”

I recently preached this message about the Resurrection, Justice, and Judgement. It focused closely on “hearing”, so this blog entry is mainly about audio. Blessed are those who have ears to hear what the Spirit is saying to the churches.

The Setting

This message was brought on April 27th, 2014. This was the Sunday morning of the ANZAC Day long weekend, one week after Easter. There is a substantial reference to my experiences in Gallipoli, which I have blogged about separately, here:

The Bible Passages

The Passages I was preaching from:

Listen, I will tell you a mystery! We will not all die, but we will all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. For this perishable body must put on imperishability, and this mortal body must put on immortality. When this perishable body puts on imperishability, and this mortal body puts on immortality, then the saying that is written will be fulfilled:

‘Death has been swallowed up in victory.’‘Where, O death, is your victory?Where, O death, is your sting?’

The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

– 1 Corinthians 15:51-56

Then the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven, saying,

‘The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lordand of his Messiah, and he will reign for ever and ever.’

Then the twenty-four elders who sit on their thrones before God fell on their faces and worshipped God, singing,

‘We give you thanks, Lord God Almighty,who are and who were,for you have taken your great powerand begun to reign.The nations raged,but your wrath has come,and the time for judging the dead,for rewarding your servants, the prophetsand saints and all who fear your name,both small and great,and for destroying those who destroy the earth.’